Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing

Edited by Sue Westwood, Reader, York Law School, University of York, UK and Nancy J. Knauer, Professor of Law Emeritus, Temple University Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

• Contents1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing 1Sue Westwood and Nancy J. KnauerPART I LAW, AGEING AND INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS2 An international convention on the rights of older people? 12Joan R. Harbison3 The Inter-American Convention on the Protection of the Human Rightsof Older Persons – a step towards an international convention on therights of older people? 28Angela Arenas Massa4 The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights onthe Rights of Older Persons in Africa 44Rachel Murray5 Age discrimination laws in the EU 61Elaine Dewhurst6 Older women’s rights in international law 77Sue WestwoodPART II SPECIALIST LEGAL SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE7 The development of ‘elder law’ in the United States 95Nancy J. Knauer8 Elder Law: a critique and some suggestions 112Ann Numhauser-Henning9 The Association of Lifetime Lawyers (Formerly Solicitors for theElderly): Its Origins, Development and Key Areas of Practice inRelation to Older People 125Michael Culver and Lakshmi Turner10 Legal implications of living to 100 and beyond 141Anne L. AlstottPART III LAW, AGEING, SPACE AND PLACE11 Equality issues relating to older people, transnational care and globalcare chains 156Heli Askola and Loretta Baldassar12 Older people and housing precarity: socio-legal perspectives 170Caroline Hunter and Helen Carr13 Long-term care facilities for older people: human rights concerns 187Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green and Jill Manthorpe14 Virtual spaces: ageism on social media – representations, reinforcementand resistance 200Brad A. Meisner, Deanna Vervaecke and Matthew Le15 Climate change, older people and the law 216Liat AyalonPART IV LAW, AGEING, WORK AND PENSIONS16 Ageism as an institutional push factor for retirement: the need forcultural and organisational change 231Martine Lagacé, Caroline D. Bergeron, Philippe Rodrigues-Rouleau andMarie Dominique Antoine17 Gendered ageism and disablism and employment of older workers 247Joanne Song Mclaughlin and David Neumark18 Older women workers, the pandemic, employment discrimination andlifetime disadvantage 265Susan Bisom-Rapp19 Menopause discrimination at work: comparing the law in the UnitedStates and United Kingdom 281Naomi Cahn, Bridget Crawford and Emily Gold Waldman20 Older women and comparative pension inequalities in the UK and US 298Athina VlachantoniPART V LAW, AGEING AND JUSTICE21 Older people and access to justice 311Joe Duffy, Katherine C. Pearson and Subhajit Basu22 Constructions of vulnerability in relation to older victims of crime 326Kevin J. Brown and Faith Gordon23 Sexual violence against older women 341Laura Tarzia and Catherine Barrett24 Intimate partner violence among older LGBTQ+ adults 357Jennifer Hillman and Brenda Russell25 Defining, understanding and preventing homicide-suicide among older adults 373Laura M. Schwab-Reese and Amy A. Hunter26 Older people in prison 388Helen CoddPART VI LAW, AGEING, HEALTH AND WELLBEING27 A global examination of law and the abuse of older people 403Erica C.R. Costello28 Older people, health inequality and the right to health 420Barbara Mikołajczyk and Agata Wnukiewicz-Kozłowska29 Age-related dementia and the law: the challenges of mental capacityand equality 435Alex Ruck Keene and Annabel Price30 Older people and advance care planning 450John Lombard31 Older people and assisted dying 463Barbara A. Reich32 Older people and assistive technologies: a human rights approach 476Belinda BennettPART VII LAW, AGEING, CARE AND SUPPORT33 Older people and filial support laws 489Katherine C. Pearson34 European Union law, care and ageing 504Eugenia Caracciolo Di Torella and Annick Masselot35 Older people, care concerns and an ethic of care 518Sue Westwood and Lizzie Ward36 Older people and human rights violations in relation to the COVID-19pandemic: the role of ageism and the case of care homes 534Sarah Donnelly and Alisoun Milne37 Older LGBTQ+ people and the equality/human rights implications ofinequalities in older age health/social care provision 549Trish Hafford-Letchfield and Christine Cocker38 Ethical issues in the use of robots for the care of older people 564Amanda Sharkey and Noel Sharkey

‘Westwood and Knauer have curated a comprehensive and authoritative collection that moves beyond the traditional and limiting conceptualisation of ‘elder law’ to examine the convergence, for older people, of law and society in contexts such as human rights, ageism, gender discrimination, intersectionality, care, technology and transnational ageing. An invaluable resource.’